Sunday, August 02, 2015, 1:31 p.m.

House OKs $12.3 billion water-work bill

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

The House passed the closest thing so far this year to an infrastructure bill -- a $12 billion-plus bipartisan measure authorizing 34 water projects, ranging from flood protection in California and North Dakota to deepening the Port of Savannah and widening a Texas-Louisiana waterway that services the oil industry.